Problem solving 101
by Ken Watanabe · first published 2009
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The fun and simple problem-solving guide that took Japan by stormKen Watanabe originally wrote Problem Solving 101 for Japanese schoolchildren. His goal was to help shift the focus in Japanese education from memorization to critical thinking, by adapting some of the techniques he had learned as an elite McKinsey consultant.He was amazed to discover that adults were hungry for his fun and easy guide to problem solving and decision making. The book became a surprise Japanese bestseller, with more than 370,000 in print after six months. Now American businesspeople can also use it to master some p
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…don't consider myself truly great at solving problems by any means, but I found these books helpful to me in analyzing problems: - Are Your Lights On?: How to Figure Out What the Problem Really Is[0] - Problem Solving 101: A Simple Book for Smart People[1] --------- [0] https://www.amazon.com/Are-Your-Lights-Figure-Problem/dp/093... [1] https://www.amazon.com/Problem-Solving-101-Simple-People/dp/...
on “Happy New Year and a Reflection on Mastery Through Simplicity” ↗Problem Solving 101 by Ken Watanabe provides a toolbox of problem solving techniques. One method I've been using to decompose problems us to use a "logic tree". Start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issue_tree. Another…
on “Books Recommendation: Breaking down a problem into sub-problems (in general)” ↗Some resources to start with: - Problem Solving 101 - Ken Watanabe - The Pyramid Principle - Barbara Minto Mental Models: - https://fs.blog/mental-models/ - The Art of Thinking Clearly - Rolf Dobelli - Books by Nassim Taleb Meditate: - waking up…
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